Our Big Vacation, Part 3 - Carah

I have REALLY been slacking in the blogging department lately! I apologize for everyone who has been waiting to see these pictures! I have been really busy at work and just haven't found the time to type out all of the fun details from our vacation. Be sure to scroll down to look over the past few blogs to see all the pictures. It was too much to do all at once!


This was the last leg of our vacation in early August. Grandma Linda, Shane, and I drove from Southern CA over to Las Vegas to visit with Uncle Cory, Aunt Janice, and baby Carah. Shane did great in the car until he woke up from his nap and we were in the middle of the desert with NO WHERE to pull over. We listened to hysterical crying for about half an hour before we finally reached the only rest stop. It was awful, but check out the great mood he was in when we finally made it to his cousin's house.





Carah is now 7 months and is OH SO CUTE! Auntie Jill was able to get all the cute smiles from her.








Shane likes to talk about "Baby Carah" a lot, but once we actually got to see her he didn't want anything to do with her. She was checking out all his toys and drooling over his cheese puffs and NO WAY was he going to share! This was probably the closest he got to her the entire trip!




I convinced my brother that we needed to go out Friday night. After all it was the weekend...in Las Vegas...and I drove alllll that way to see them! It was Janice's first night out in almost 2 years since becoming pregnant. Her sister came along with us and we danced the night away at Pure at Caesar's Palace. It was lots of fun...but don't ask how everyone was feeling the next morning :)




Due to all the fun we had the night before, we kept our last night simple and ate at our hotel and went bowling. Shane became very jealous of "his Gramma" holding baby Carah so we tried once again to get them to sit together, but it was not very successful. Look how much Carah loves her big cousin though!



Shane always has a great time hanging out with his Uncle Cory.



It was already 92 degrees at 9am on the morning we left. We had a great visit, but it was way too hot and I was ready to get the show on the road. I bribed Shane with toys and tried to get him to take a picture with Carah and I before we left...semi-successful!



We left at 10am and I didn't walk into the house until 10pm. It was the most driving I have ever done in my life! Shane did soooo very well for how long of a drive it was. Thank goodness for Grandma Linda to take care of Shane in the back seat. And we wouldn't have survived the trip without the portable DVD player because all the wanted to do was watch Cars the whole way home!! I was cranky, tired, and sore, but we finally made it back. We really had a wonderful time and can't wait to see everyone again! Preferably up at our house :)